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Bengal will cancel trade union rights of state staff

-The Indian Express
 
The West Bengal government announced Tuesday that it had decided to withdraw the trade union rights of its employees. The announcement, made at the secretariat by the labour minister, triggered outrage among state government staff.

Minister Purnendu Bose said the government would withdraw a clause in the service rules, introduced by the LF government in 1981, giving full trade union rights to state government staff.

Withdrawal of the amendment will cancel the right of employees to go on strike. The decision will be put before the cabinet at its next meeting, the minister said.

Labour department sources said the government’s move is aimed at disciplining employees and reducing the influence of political parties on state staff. Activities of employees’ associations are likely to be restricted.

Bose said the 1981 amendment contradicts the Trade Union Act of 1926. The Act gives full rights to workers to form unions affiliated to political parties, but state service rules do not allow state employees to be members of any political outfit, he said.

Bose stressed, however, that employees’ associations would not be derecognised.

Samir Ranjan Mojumdar, general secretary of Nabaparjay, a state government employees’ association, said, “We will protest with all our might. Trade unions will take up the matter with the prime minister and finance minister on February 28. We will also demonstrate at Jantar Mantar in Delhi.”

Leaders of the CPI-M controlled Coordination Committee said they would resist attempts to curb the rights of employees.

The Mamata Banerjee government had recently withdrawn recognition for police associations, arguing that a police welfare board would be set up to look after the welfare of policemen.